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Hello Corvus cornix! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 00:01, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Lisa Nowak

Hobbies are cited, and common for other astronaut articles. She's notable as a person overall so it's fine to include those. - Denny 19:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on my page for you... - Denny 20:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Daryl B. Lund article

Thank you bringing the link of Lund up. I have included information on him that should help in this DYK nomination. Chris 23:51, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your block

Hello, tell me more about this, who blocked you, we need to clean up wikipedia, get rid of some PATHETIC administrators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yuser31415/Archive_16#My_Talk_page You have no idea what happened to a certain guy i am trying to clear, wow, i can write a book. Good luck, if they block you, simply walk away, or create account and log on from different computer, otherwise, ip check, they will catch you and accuse you even more of "vandalism"! good luck man! If they block you, try to get some things resolved, but if you can not, don't let them get the best of you. Wikipedia is for those who have time on their hands and for time wasters.

DYK

Updated DYK query On 11 February, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robin Wilson (author), which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Laïka 13:05, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Per this admin's request, I have initiated WP:RFAR action against you

Per this admin's request, I have initiated WP:RFAR action against you. Observe:

Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#GordonWatts

--GordonWatts 07:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

replies to [1]

  • I see your concerns just now on this ArbCom page, and I shall try to answer:
  • "I have no idea why I am involved in this. I made one comment..." I am not such how much involvement is necessary before I must notify a party, and I was being on the safe side. My main beef was not mainly with you (even though your comment was not supported by any logical explanation: "If all of Gordon Watts's claims on yesterday's edit which Frederick day listed above are true, then he is in violation of WP:COI. Corvus cornix 17:34, 16 February 2007 (UTC)" Of course my claims were true, but I have not violated COI -at least not in the last several years; That one edit many years ago, before I understood the policy MAY have been a COI violation -but that was years ago -let it go already.) -My beef was mainly with the admin who claimed falsely that some consensus existed for this, that, or the other, when -not even a slim majority existed. In short, I was required by the rules to notify you. (I notified all parties -even those who did not disagree with me -the majority, by the way.)
  • "In addition, there was zero attempt to resolve any dispute Mr. Watts may have had with me prior to dragging me here." If my main dispute was with the admin who executed an illegal action (one not backed by actual consensus: A consensus can not be a minority -hey, Remember, folks - I CAN count), then it would be improper (if not rude) to pick at every single editor who disagreed with me. I would, then, be guilty of scamming aka canvassing! I DID, however, try to resolve the dispute with you -by my posts on the community notice board- my replies were directed at ALL users -you included.--GordonWatts 04:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Conservapedia

New sources have been brought up in the DRV. If you could take a second look it would be appreciated.JoshuaZ 19:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

History of Colonial Hong Kong (1800s - 1930s)

Is it safe to say the page is properly locked now? The average user with account can still cause vandalism right? Benjwong 01:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template

Sorry about that! It should work now. I substituted it on the pages, so will I have to go back and fix them? --Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:05, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm the one that should be sorry! Thanks for telling me about the problem! --Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:10, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Finally done! There were about thirty users that had the template. Without your help, it probably would have been about seventy-five before someone told me the problem. Thank you so much! --Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I kinda copied my user page, but with a slightly different color scheme. --Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Check out this link. It helped me design my page! --Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:29, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

It's cool. There was a reference in the cast content that you removed that another part of the article was referencing to. That way, the reference doesn't show up twice in the References section. Just a matter of checking to see if the ref tag has a name, and if it is, it's likely to be linked elsewhere. I've removed it accidentally myself on a few occasions; no biggie. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 23:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You can still stop...

....but what you are about to do, or may already have done by the time you see the orange bar, is a very foolish thing to do. Think through the consequences carefully. They will echo into your future here. 137.222.189.198 17:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's ok. I have saved you from yourself. 137.222.189.198 17:44, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Foolish

You're not going to stop the discussion by MfDing it. Don't. FCYTravis 17:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Purple Star

For the unfair treatment you received on WP:AN and your talk page, I award you this Purple Barnstar. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 22:37, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is no excuse for the sort of condescending bullshit directed at you just for nominating a clearly controversial page. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 22:37, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Anon hoax vandal

  • I know who you are talking about. :( But this particular info was added by Jack Cox (talk · contribs) and he didn't try to say her real name was Marie Cabbitt or that she was in "Dwarves and Shit" or whatever the movie series was the anon vandal used. :/ JuJube 00:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup templates

Just to let you know that most cleanup templates, like "unreferenced", "fact", "cleanup" etc., are best not "subst"ed. See WP:SUBST for more details. Regards, Rich Farmbrough, 16:51 15 March 2007 (GMT).

Hi, this includes {{wikify}}. Rich Farmbrough, 10:45 18 April 2007 (GMT).

Peru

If you want this pages unprotected just drop me a note or make a request at WP:RFPP Gnangarra 00:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Please stop adding the link to a non-reliable source. See the discussion on the article's Talk page and on WP:ANI. Corvus cornix 18:18, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not. Please check the diff of what I actually was doing. - Ehheh 18:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. Keep up the good fight on the Rikki Lee stuff - I was really surprised to see it back after so long. - Ehheh 18:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment on AN/I

Its real. Check the links.Hoolp 18:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Z&diff=prev&oldid=118558054 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/167.93.6.61.Hoolp 18:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You deleted a legitimate question.

The following question which you have deleted is legitimate.

"Did Howard K Stern require Anna to include adding his name to Dannielynn (Dannie Lynn) Hope Marshall’s birth certificate as part of his fee for legal services?"

By deleting legitimate questions you characterize the Wikipedia as a one sided and untrustworthy organization, contrary to Wikipedia policy and intent.

Should the question not be restored your actions will be brought to the attention of those financial contributors who have decided that either such one sided and personal misbehavior or their donations end.

71.100.167.232 21:59, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for contacting me. Please be assured that the official sites of Tony n' Tina's Wedding are reliable sources. TonyntinaNY 19:41, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Any site which refers to Rikki Lee Travolta as a celebrity is not a reliable source. Please do not readd Rikki Lee Travolta information into Wikipedia. It has already been established that he is not a notable performer. Corvus cornix 20:33, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:TonyntinaNY"

Nothing that acknowleges him is a reliable source? This doesn't make sense. He was the first celebrity guest star. TonyntinaNY 20:56, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey

I didnt remove that persons comment.

dwilliams 07:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse me but

I was in the middle of reverting Cueshé - it was quite obvious as I reverted the first but didn't quite have the chance to revert farther back because of the edit conflict you caused. Please allow the person who reverts the article to leave the warning. Kat, Queen of Typos 07:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I did not get huffy. The history of the page shows that I reverted before you did, and was reverting farther back. Kat, Queen of Typos 07:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for catching my error on Michigan State University. I was trying to delete four words, not four paragraphs. :) I appreciate your help. Lovelac7 08:43, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Samuel Hocevar

I am unable to understand why you inserted the speedy deletion template on his biograph, please explain here. keito 22:18, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

db-copyvio tag

Hi, when using this tag, please bear in mind the following:-

  1. -You need to included the URL of the page being copied
  2. -Please do not blank the page so the admin can check the text against it.

exolon 23:08, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I would have put a URl on the link if I had been able to find one, but since the original editor helpfully put a copyright notice on the page, that should have been sufficient. Are you saying that if we can't find where the article is copied from, that we can't put a copyvio tag on it? Corvus cornix 23:14, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • I missed the copyright message on the original article. I'm not sure what our policy is on self declared copyright violations where we can't find the original, I'd suggest asking on WP:COPYRIGHT perhaps. Always best to include a URL if we can find one of course to make it simple. However the text is left on the page when using the db-copyvio tag - it differs from the standard copyvio tag in that regard. exolon 23:20, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

C'mon now

I understand that you're upset with the results, but the tone you've adopted on the talk page for Danny's RfA does your cause a disservice. You're obviously passionate about the subject, if you channel that passion into working to fix what you think is broken, you'll be X times more effective than what you're doing now. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 17:58, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding edits to Nestor Lopez

Thank you for contributing to Wikipedia, Corvus cornix! However, your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove spam from Wikipedia. If you were trying to insert a good link, please accept my creator's apologies, but note that the link you added, matching rule img[0-9]*\.imageshack\.us/img[0-9]*/.*\.jpg, is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia's external links policy for more information. If the link was to an image, please read Wikipedia's image tutorial on how to use a more appropriate method to insert the image into an article. If your link was intended to promote a site you own, are affiliated with, or will make money from inclusion in Wikipedia, please note that inserting spam into Wikipedia is against policy. For more information about me, see my FAQ page. Thanks! Shadowbot 23:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heehee.  :) Corvus cornix 23:21, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yugoslav Band Aid

Concerning YU Rock Misija: 1. the video is included in the Overseas Contributors section on the Warner OFFICIAL Live Aid DVD. It is an official reliable and veryfiable source. If you pertsonaly dont own it to check it, it doesnt justify the unsourced tag; 2. The Live Aid article confirms that the unofficial Live Aid recordings (usualy VHS) from the 1980s ARE indeed the only source for full information (cause certain things are ommited on the DVD); 3. I uploaded both the front and the back cover of the single, 4. I will provide a printed source, give me 10 minutes to check the book about the former YU Rock scene. PS. I added a link to the Youtube video, althpough it is not a reliable source, just as a sort of trivia.--Chajeshukarie 00:10, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I added the sources incl. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chajeshukarie (talk • contribs) 00:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

some sources, more will follow:

List of best-selling music artists

Apologies. Thought this was for the sourcing of the factual detail, which is already sourced. 60.234.242.196 10:24, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Jason Wade

Yes, I received permission from the website to use their article. I posted evidence on Talk:Jason Wade. Will this be sufficient?

I'm pretty sure that the possibility of editing was inferred with the mention of Wikipedia and understood when the permission was granted to "use" the article, but I will e-mail them again to clarify. Mercurialmusic 22:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I emailed the site again to clarify and inform them of the ramifications, and I received a response rather quickly. They're not being very verbose, but I think it's all there:

Re: MBM Visitor Feedback
From: mostbeautifulman.com (mostbeautifulmanonline@yahoo.com)
Sent: Tue 4/17/07 6:19 PM
To: Chris(mercurialmusic@hotmail.com)

Chris,
You're free to edit our article.

Thanks.
MBM Staff

Thanks. --Mercurialmusic 23:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Walking with Cavement

Just felt like saying hello. I noticed you have editted the page and I wanted to know if you had a problem with 207.181.15.218's edits Thegreyanomaly 23:04, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They aren't cited, so yea I guess they are OR Thegreyanomaly 23:07, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please stop removing my inclusion of the poem on the Nikki Giovanni page. It is a relevant news item, available on other news sites, and as such is not a copyright issue. Rather than you removing it and my replacing it, if you feel strongly about this, kindly report it to senior Wiki staff for their review and inspection. I have, however removed the word "moving" to comply with your POV request. — Preceding unsigned comment added by X4n6 (talk • contribs)

AN/I Message.

Sorry if this message sounded irritated at all. It wasn't supposed to be. I read the message again, and thought it might have sounded irritated. In the message, I was just telling you what I knew about the bots; and I was simply saying what you said might have been better off posted on Wikipedia: Village pump (technical). Acalamari 01:46, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Phew! Good. :) At least I was of some help. Acalamari 01:57, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wp:aiv reports

Hey, Corvus cornix. Thanks for making the report at wp:aiv. When you make those reports, please use the templates in the instructions, {{userlinks}} or {{IPvandal}}, but not {{user}}. The bots that parse the page and remove blocked users don't recognize the {{user}} template. Also, make sure the user has received a final warning (level 4 warning at WP:UWT) and continued to vandalize afterwards before you make the report. — coelacan — 21:12, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Thanks for being on watch. =) — coelacan — 21:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

vandalism

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Regards, «razorclaw» 21:02, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

DRV

What is the reason for your vote? Alfedhun 20:41, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Sure thing, --PericlesofAthens 21:36, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Teenhelp

It looked to me like Teenhelp was a repost, but I couldn't find a history for it. Where did you find it? Corvus cornix 21:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first version put up had a link to the closed AfD discussion. Michaelbusch 21:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah. Missed that. Thanks. Corvus cornix 21:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmph

Click the links. See for yourself. My source is the TeenHelp website. My source is certain of the TH Staff not wishing to meet repercussion by being identified. I'm sorry you can't deal with fact, I really am.

AfD

That was an accident, my apologies.--Cúchullain t/c 23:03, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Envision Financial Communications

I don't think I can block this person if they are contesting the deletion. If I did they wouldn't be able to contribute to the discussion. If the page is deleted and they re-create it, then they should be blocked. TimVickers 22:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the page is deleted and they make another that's blockable. However, their username is not allowed under the policy. I think I'll block them for that. TimVickers 22:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
TimVickers has fair grounds for blocking the username. I have edited the Envision Financial page, and it complies with all Wiki guidelines; therefore, there are no grounds for CSD. Its content is descriptive and encylopedic -- I'd suggest viewing similar Wiki stubs of other Canadian credit unions including Alterna Savings, Vancity, Coast Capital Savings, Aldergrove Credit Union, North Shore Credit Union, etc. all of which are perfectly acceptable. This page is no different.

BrianBevi 20:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. I've read your recommendation of "Other crap exists." Good point. At the same time, though, while we're suggesting reading material for each other, might I submit to you Civility, WP:Don't bite the newbies, and Neutral point of view (which accurately describes the Envision Financial page). I'm sorry, but I don't understand why this particular page is cause for concern. BrianBevi 21:15, 1 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sebastiani

Hi. I must say I am perplexed by your recent move to redirect the Sebastiani page to "caps for Baron", when it seems that the French usage does not capitalize the nobility titles, that most pages on French noblemen on English language wiki do not capitalize the title, and that no page on French wiki uses capitals (in case you disagree, I think you should not make that statement by simply moving pages at random, but by calling for this issue to be addressed in toto). You also failed to make the change in the text. What I find more perplexing is that you did not check for double redirects, even though wikipedia politely asks one to do so when redirecting pages, even though the person who moved the page (unlike us bystanders) has all redirects just one click away after making the redirect, and even though there are quite a few redirects to be made. Dahn 22:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if there actually was an MoS discussion, to tell you the truth. Judging by Wikipedia:Naming conventions (names and titles), they seem to use no capital when the title is taken from the French (comte, duc etc), and use a capital when they translate (into Count, Duke etc.). I cannot tell what they have decided to translate and what they have decided not to (or even if they have decided anything), but it seems that the acceptance is for the majority of articles to have the non-translated form as a rule. Now, "baron" is the same in French and English, but it is safe to assume that it is included in this pattern for being part of his original title.
I do not object to moving articles from lower case to capitals, but I would like an agreement to be reached about this at a more general level, instead of us using several systems for the same thing. I should point out that it is arguably more practical to keep as close to the French form as possible: when a person has a multitude of names, with a multitude of variants (as French nobles tend to do), approximating the main variant and creating redirects to it is probably the best way of not risking content duplication and involuntary forking, and helps to find the appropriate interwiki links. However, this argument is not an essential one. Dahn 23:13, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, yes, I understood. Since you mentioned MoS, I just wanted to point out that I do not know myself if it was decided upon, just that it is consistent. If something is decided, and if it should prove to be the contrary of what I am proposing here, I will be moving pages myself. But please don't forget about checking for double redirects when you move other pages. And, of course, thank you. Dahn 23:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flemish people

Discussion has been made on the topic for quite some time already. There was also reasons provided in the edit summaries which is more than adequate. 69.157.110.50 23:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Exactly, there has not been consensus, hence the "POV" and "clean-up" tags required for that article. Also, the figure on German ethnicity is from OR and is not cited from a reliable source whatsoever. 69.157.110.50 23:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Flint-Town Mafia

Hi Corvus cornix. Thanks for the newpages patrol. I deleted the above article but not on repost grounds as you tagged it. As far as I can tell, this has only been speedy deleted (never deleted after a discussion process such as WP:AFD), unless it existed under a different name. Please note that reposts do not apply to previous speedy deletion, prods, or any process not involving debate on the merits. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit 23:39, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah db-band works quite well for that:-)--Fuhghettaboutit 23:43, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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